By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley’s own social media website, started by a 16-year-old Zeyan Shafiq was hacked on Monday, June 19. The hackers have posted message seeking “justice for Kulbhushan Jadhav” who is on death row in Pakistan.
The hacker group named as “LulzSee India” have also written that “New security comes with new vulnerability.” The hackers have deleted all the data of the website.
“I don’t know why they hacked our website. This was just a social networking website and we tried to promote made in Kashmir and made in India products as well besides there was nothing anti national in it.We never encouraged anything wrong on our platform,” Zeyan Shafiq told TwoCircles.
Zeyan informs that the hackers have been attacking his website from the day one and have tried to gain access to the website various time.
“Due to the internet ban in the valley, I was handcuffed and had no way to secure my website.They have deleted all the data on the website. I just can’t express what’s going on upon Uzair and me. I am shocked,” he said.
Importantly, internet was banned in South Kashmir and 3g and 4g in rest of the valley after three militants were killed last week in Bijbehara.
After the government had imposed ban on social media websites in Kashmir in last week of April, the Anantang-based youth Zeya Shafi had come with Valley’s own Facebook.
A software enthusiast and son of a businessman father and govt servant mother, Zeyan had started working on developing Valley owns social networking website and launched it within a week following social media ban on May 2nd, 2017.
The website, KashBook, giving a Kashmiri touch to the name also, within a week had attracted more than one thousand people who signed up for the website and were satisfied with its features.At the time of website hack, KashBook had more than 20,000 users.
Both the young website developers were looking forward to ensure website efficiency and pursue a career in computer engineering.